Hot air spreads through Manhattan like a cloud of dust as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, with maudlin sincerity crowding out any mention of 9/11 politics, economics or its negligible effect on U.S. trash culture. Our Artnet Worldwide offices in Lower Manhattan are but steps away from the awful Freedom Tower, architect David Childs' armored and truncated obelisk that promises to be a massively overpowering icon of the Ugly American.